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"This Thursday, September 11, many of us will remember how
the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University was the first stop
for thousands of New Yorkers fleeing the devastation of lower Manhattan
two years ago. Even amid fear and uncertainty, students, staff and
faculty rushed to give comfort to evacuees. Nursing and health services
faculty provided respiratory and other emergency aid; others set
up large-scale water distribution efforts, and provided rest stations,
pillows, blankets and simple gestures of kindness and support.
"On that day, dozens of members of our University family perished.
Among them were parents, partners, spouses, alumni, and four LIU
students - Eli Chalouh, Marlyn Garcia, George Paris, and Felix Vale.
"This September 11, at 10:05 a.m. and 10:28 a.m., the times
that each of the World Trade towers fell, the Brooklyn Campus clock
tower bells will chime four times, for each of the students we lost.
Their names are inscribed on a plaque to be placed in their memory
within the garden area between the pharmacy and health sciences
buildings.
"Also on Thursday, Father David Ihenacho, the Brooklyn Campus
chaplain, will hold a liturgical service in the Campus chapel at
noon, with an interfaith gathering for prayer and reflections. Songs
and prayers for peace in the world are planned, and refreshments
will follow.
"As we remember our students and the many others who died on
that tragic day, we can be consoled by the courage and spirit of
our community and the love for each other that sustained us then
and enriches all of us now."
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